"Woman of your caliber" and "apologize in person" is too much but honestly this is like 80% of a good approach: direct, short, setup a meeting in person, in public.
this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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Cringe on my Hinge? We shall measure true caliber in Soulcalibur.
When I was young and tried to get dates on tinder I tried to come up with a carefully thought out opening line for every match. That hardly worked and probably had the opposite effect. Once I started to just don't give a shit, and ask directly if they would like to meet for a beer, coffee, bowling or something I got quite a few dates.
If I couldn't get a date planned within the first few messages, or the second day after matching, I just moved on. A lot of people are just interested in validation and are not really interested in meeting up.
This guy's message is a bit edgy, but at least he's straight to the point. She probably ignored him, and he just moved on.
You know what, it's not for me but I'll give the guy credit, it's at least somewhat original in the sea of mediocrity that is online dating. A bit of self-depreciation too.
If he'd just worded that first line a bit differently, it might not even come across as creepy, but alas...
Don't know if this guy wants fuck somebody or murder them, but I have no faith in his ability to do either thing properly.
Little bit of column A, little bit of column B.
First one, then t'other
I'd rather die virgin than be a simp like this.
This isn’t even simping, this is like condensed anime cringe converted into a pickup line. Which might work, I guess. I still occasionally see girls with that anime nose shine makeup so there might be a market for a “nothing personel” sigma
Nose shine makeup?
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4d/c0/01/4dc001ccbf196f4372dfa1fea445915c.jpg
It seems goofy. I do not understand it, personally.
I read it divorced dad energy, the kind who is old enough to have watched Akira, but was too busy jerking off in the corner of his frat house to do so.
I saw it as a cheesy compliment with an added layer of cheesy humour.
And most people like compliments and cheesy jokes.
But then again I also saw the top comment as an Andrew Tate-ish, "I'd rather be an incel than attempt to compliment a woman", so what do I know...
A test (I just made up) to see which is the incel comment: which one most-readily accepts a "m'lady?"
The fact that a woman of your caliber is on Hinge speaks poorly of the men in our generation, M'LADY. I'm sorry for them. Let me take you out and apologize in person.
Its not possible to genuinely compliment a stranger without putting in a lot of effort, which is creepy. Compliments should be for your friends and family, not thrown away freely in the desperate hope of making a connection. Should this opinion put me in the company of actual, human slave owner Andrew Tate??
Four score and seven years ago, m'lady...
To be, or not to be...m'lady
Once upon a midnight dreary, m'lady...
Seems legit...
The last two seem at least plausible. Both huge nerds. And Lincoln probably wanted more of Joshua Speed than society allowed, so...kinda, maybe?
Abe was a champion wrestler and had a great job as a railroad lawyer.
What he wanted, he got.
Maybe. After four years sharing a bed, maybe he wanted to put a ring on it.
Tryong to think of a British equivalent of 'm'lady' because that phraee is unheard of here
brother. the phrase is unheard of there? the place where people live in medieval castles has no equivalent phrase you say? Nothing springs forth in your mind, truly, bestowing honorifics is such an American concept that no one in your entire nation has heard of the phrase: "MY LADY". I swear to allah, that I will grab you through this screen with both hands and just shake you to hear the sound of two baked beans rattling around in that vacuous cave between your ears you tea swilling nonce.
Not in the kind of neckbeard simp context. Only in the historical one
Thank you. I just couldn't even muster the energy to respond.
m’birdy
I can just sense the collection of fedoras from all the way here
the only thing hes yet to do is invite you to his cabin in the woods
So.... Probably a bot, yeah?
All this tells me is he is a man that needs to out others down to make himself feel better.